Iraqi Oil Minister al-Shahristani Said to Step Down, WSJ Says

Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani will leave his position in the country’s new
government and move into the new role of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s deputy for energy, the Wall Street Journal reported,
citing Abdul Hadi al-Hassani, a member of Maliki’s Dawa party.

Hassani said Shahristani had gotten permission to take the
post from the alliance forming the new Iraqi government, the
newspaper said.